"Bernadette is a master teacher in effective storytelling and the importance of making a difference".

– CHRIS BRUZZO, CMO ELECTRONIC ARTS

"Now, I see writing copy and stories in a new light: A personal one. Making people care is the thread that runs through all good stories whether it's for an advertisement or a story you tell a friend at the dinner table. In this course, the gap between crafting my own personal stories and creating engaging marketing copy was bridged. I learned that good storytellers are great listeners and noticers; that storytelling is as much about empathy as it is about conveying a message. The workshop's web platform design gave me the motivation to show up every day to work on my story telling skills--it's fun! I'd recommend it to storytellers who like the "ping" and fun of social media and want to harness that social media energy more productively in a fun, troll-free environment.".

– Mini Forman, San Francisco, CA

"I hesitated in registering for this workshop, because I've learned a lot about storytelling in the last 5 years. I also hesitated because I'm not a native English speaker; I was afraid of missing my tools of using the exact right words in my sentences and using metaphors and expressions freely and spontaneously. But, I love the subject of storytelling so much that I took the leap and joined. I couldn't have guessed how much I would learn. I've learned (and experienced!) how stories can have an even bigger impact than I thought."

– Sandra de Jong, Groningen Netherlands

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The course was an incredible experience! I appreciated the manageable breakdown, various mediums for learning, the homework and the foray into online learning. Thank you! I will continue to practice the story skills you have taught me!

– Wendy Chong

This course is magic —take it, and engage in it fully, and you will get so much more out of it then you can imagine. Your understanding of stories and their structure will improve, your writing will improve, , your belief in yourself will improve. Do it! Do it now!

– Leah Caplan

Ever wonder why some people can tell such great stories? The Story Skills Course unveils secrets of story, and gives you a structure you can apply to your own voice. The content and examples distill the core concepts, and the exercises help you grow in your ability (and confidence) to craft stories. Become more effectively creative and empowered to connect with others through the craft of storytelling.

– Aaron Richmond

The story skills course made the fuzzy concept of storytelling something I could finally pin down and use, for myself and my clients. If you want to know how to tell your story - or stories - like the greats do, you'll find the secret sauce here. And you'll be inspired to keep noticing and keep practicing.

– Di Challenor

The Story Skills Course both taught me story structure and purpose. Letting my spirit soar and my creativity a chance to speak out loud was one of the best things to come out of this workshop. I would recommend this course to all professionals. To all writers or would-be writers and to entrepreneurs who have a story to tell but don't know how to tell it.

– Yvonne DiVita

Outstanding method, remarkable lessons, awesome community = improvement is guaranteed.

– Andre Perniciano

If you wish to know how not to induce yawns and eye rolls, start here to tell impactful tales.

– Amit Charles

I used to communicate in a rational, logical tone and wondered why it was hard for others to get my ideas. I joined the Story Skills Workshop with one main goal: to know how to brief a writer about my ideas and stories. But learning the methodology that Bernadette teaches, I realized that stories are everywhere around me. I learned how to capture them, keep them handy, structure them in compelling ways, but best of all, tell them in a way that viscerally engages people. Now, I tell stories to my clients and also my kids. Stories that get heard and remembered because they move imagination, touch hearts, teach and communicate my ideas better and clearer.

– Abdelrahman Nooh

Writing and telling my stories, which is deep within my soul, have led me to a greater understanding of who I am and also the people and events I have encountered in my life. And it contributed more to my personal development. I have discovered my voice and I hope with more experience I can help others who don’t have a voice. I hope that, if you are reading this, it will empower you to discover the beautiful unique person that you are and whatever answers you seek, may be unfolded for you in your stories.

– Ada Lincoln

I entered the Story Skills Course as an expert fact transmitter. I could take almost any topic, distill it into a crisp list of bullet points, and deftly dump those essential bits into almost anyone’s head. But nothing important ever happened. People were more informed, but seldom moved. The Story Skills Course taught me that heads and hearts move only in tandem and there can be no motion without emotion. In the course I learned it’s only stories that can call up emotions, and it’s only stories that our hearts are listening for. That’s what I was missing.

– Gary Drouillard

I can not forget the experience. It is amazing. It is unbelievable to think that I am a storyteller. Thank you very much for creating story tellers out of us. We will cherish the moments for a long long time.

– Saravanan Murugan

I already feel more confident articulating my stories with structure, purpose, and impact.

– Judy Cheung-Wood

Personally, I have learned so much from my peers and the generosity of feedback, gentle nudges, and pushes, with unique perspectives. The course has been magic.

– Ross Polvara

It’s been an amazing experience for me to learn to tell my stories in a compelling way and to know that my stories are relevant for others to hear. I think I’m hooked!

– Kim Lande

This was the most incredible assignment I’ve been given in years…and this is coming from a lifelong learner. I won’t be able to read or watch another story without thinking of these new tools. I’m so grateful.

– Connie Cermak

The Story Skills Course helped me to understand and practice what causes REAL change in the world. Before, stories were only the out-of-the-ordinary things that happened in life. Now, everything is a story! Little epiphanies here and there, every time my mind is blown… It’s all stories. And, now that I know how to communicate them, I’m getting a lot more from my work and relationships. It’s a game-changer.

– Zach Garside

Your insights and generosity have made such a difference in our confidence and abilities to create stories with impact. The 5 C’s will be a tool I use repeatedly in how I approach a story going forward. Thanks so much!

– Kymberly Dakin

I'm understanding the power and impact of the Story skills is about presenting myself as vulnerable and real. And when I cross this comfortable zone, to jump into the magic zone for bringing this sensation of sharing and connection, and that is when I feel the most rewarding lessons and insights.

– Luis Urban

The beauty is, you’re providing a blueprint, a foundation for all the stories I have to tell going forward.

– Michael Kennedy

I am learning to find my voice and express it in ways that feels like home…loved learning from the community who are bravely and courageously sharing their stories

– Michelle Rizal

I am thrilled being in the Story Skills Course. I know it is going to help me with my stories now, and in the future. I am amazed at the tangible learning curve for all of us doing the hard work!

– Terri Tomoff

Before Story Skills my halting, and infrequent, attempts at writing were disjointed, verbose and lacking clarity. After, I’m feeling enormously more confident in being able to present a coherent and engaging story arc.

–Brian Allen

One of the most positive learning environments I’ve ever been in. Thanks everyone.

– Dave James

My stories are more structured and effective and clear. My aha moment recently was that speaking a story helped me give it more structure and eliminate the parts that I didn't need.

– Diana Sherblom

I have recommended this course to others -anyone who will listen, actually. If you’d like to learn how to make an impact, if you’d like to learn how to make a change, if you’d like to learn how to become a better marketer, a better writer, a better storyteller, a better listener, and a better speaker -the Story Skills is for you.

– Paul D'Arcy

If there is one thing I’ve learned from this course, it’s that once you open up and start sharing these stories, beautiful things can happen, large or small, they all matter.

– Esther de Jong

Thank you so much for this course. It was my dream to be writing stories and telling them.

– Anil Valecha

I always considered myself a storyteller. As a startup founder, I've had to tell stories to customers, prospective employees and investors. As someone who enjoys speaking, I have shared stories on the TED stage and at the Comedy Cellar. Hence, I joined, curious and a tad skeptical. Call it arrogance, if you will. I learned. I learned a structured playbook approach to storytelling. I loved the scaffolding the course affords and the many examples and resources. I know my stories will be sharper, and from a richer color palette for sure.

– Lux Narayan

Before I took this course, I would only enjoy non-fiction and had a bias against fiction. I believed that fiction was just for entertainment and never to cause a change. But in this workshop, I realized the power of stories. Stories, nonfiction and fiction, can cause change.

– Manu Satsangi

Initially I was apprehensive about taking the course because I didn't want others reading my remedial stories. What I learned is that having the opinions and perspectives of others is essential to making stories better. My stories now have purpose. This is just the beginning.

– Yoland Durden

Before I was very skeptical about online courses. This is my first online experience. You set the bar very high. Now, I have realized I can learn new skills through online courses. I was also skeptical about the possibility of improving my story telling skills and techniques. But now I can see what to work on. I have started writing a diary in the form of 5Cs I learned at this workshop.

– Esra Sertoglu

Storytelling is a must to make change happen. I now know I have the confidence and methodology to apply it. I strongly recommend attending this workshop.

– Eugenio La Mesa

The Story Skills Course I considered myself a decent storyteller. Now I know that the most evocative, moving, influential stories are comprised of a very particular storytelling DNA and I can now use this new understanding to move others, to serve others with my own stories.

– Mary Ellen Bratu

This is so much bigger than learning to write a story that will get someone to buy what you are selling. It delivers on that, for sure, yet it's the personal growth I experienced in people through the contraction and expansion of storytelling that had the most meaningful and lasting impact on me. This is a workshop I would sign up for again.

– Kim Percival

Taking part in the workshop was like looking for, and finding, buried treasure. I discovered my own stories, hidden gems I'd taken for granted which, thanks to the space offered by the workshop, I was able to polish until they shone.

– Caroline Harvey

I became a better storyteller and that’s not all. I also became a better person because of the workshop, through seeing and hearing things better. I've met many people from the other side of the world who I keep connected with outside the workshop. It helped me see the true value in my stories. It gave me confidence, clarity and confirmation.

– Roland Koronya

Wow wow wow what a course! I can’t believe the transformation in my own understanding of the importance of storytelling. True magic.

– Conor McCarthy

The Story Skills Course will help you if you want to tell better stories whether to your kids, to your employees or to a wider audience at work. You will learn how to uncover your best stories and deliver them in a way that is compelling and keeps your audience engaged until the end.

– Cat Preston

Storytelling is an essential skill and it's not easy to learn. The course has grown me in more ways than the degrees I've done thanks to how it's delivered and the incredible people it attracts. I cannot think of a better thing you can do for yourself.

– Rosie Odsey

It's simple but not easy. You'll never look at a talk or a book or marketing campaign the same way again. Bernadette gives you the tools to understand how to construct an effective story. You'll write until it brings tears to your eyes, and then you'll write some more.

– Paula Braun

It was wonderful a wonderful experience. It helped me develop my storytelling.

– Ashley Janssen

Story Skills is a place to explore the parts of your life that you can turn into compelling stories in order to change the world for the better. There's a framework that will challenge you to tell better stories.

– Dave Bates

As a former journalist, I always felt confident about my storytelling abilities, but this course allowed me to push through the mindset of an objective observer and into one of empathy. It has helped me become a better marketer, better storyteller and even a better person.

– Edmund Tijerina

This course gives you the skills and tools to understand how a great story gets told.

– Jen Stumbles

The framework presented is great, but it’s so much more than that because you actually learn by doing. There are also so many examples of the technical aspects and just amazingly told stories. I highly recommend this program to anyone interested in getting better at telling their stories.

– Andrew Ingkavet

The Story Skills Course is for anyone who wants to make a difference in their life and the lives of others. Bernadette demystifies storytelling. As you participate you come to understand, not only that you have a lifetime of stories to tell but that anyone, with the right tools and effort, can tell effective stories.

– Lisa Cruz

I expected to learn more about storytelling. What I did not expect was to learn more about life. The Story Skills course was easily the best time/money investment I have made in recent years.

– David Billson

The Story Skills Course has given me a story framework to really make our customers the hero of their world, and through the online collaborative forum, the confidence to put the framework into practice. This framework applies to all aspects of everyday life, and I'm now translating things into stories all day long! Thank you Bernadette for sharing this gift for life.

– Juliana Button

Before taking this course, I'd read a number of books on storytelling for business. I'd certainly learned from them, but knew I was missing something. I was frustrated since I couldn't get the empathy and reaction I was looking for when I told my customer's stories. They didn't get much readership nor reactions. They felt cold and factual, not alive, emotional and convincing. I knew I had to do something if I wanted to change people's lives. I knew I had to find a better way of connecting with people. The Story Skills Course filled the gap and helped me see not only how I can choose better stories, but also how to tell them better.

– Arash Sayadi

I came into the course with hopes, ideas, and a little fear. I came out with the realization that showing up - even for 5 minutes a day and doing the work actually works! I created stories that I am proud of. If you want to really learn and do the work of storytelling - this course is for you!

– Pauline McKinney

I've struggled to tell stories my entire adult life, but after completing the Story Skills Course I can engage an audience, understand what details to include (and leave out).

– Juan Cifrian

I've always been a good writer but felt that my public speaking skills were not as good. I took this workshop to find my voice and gain more confidence in public speaking. Being able to tell compelling stories is essential to success in the business world and meaningful relationships in our personal lives. I would highly recommend this course to those seeking to become the best versions of themselves they can be

– Ben Griffith

Before the Story Skills Course, I didn't really know the basics of how to tell a story, or what made it relatable. Now, I not only have the structure of how to tell a compelling story, but also greater confidence in doing so.

– Gage Bock

Before the course I thought I was going to learn about telling better stories. And I did! What I didn't expect is that my entire approach to life and business would be transformed.

– Jesse Walker

If you know where to exert force, you can move mountains. And if you know how to tell a great story, you can shift a culture. The Story Skills Course teaches a framework that you can begin applying in your life today.

– Sean O’Connor

Before I took this course, I knew I needed to share a message through my brand. Now that I've been through it, I understand how important it is to learn and know how to use the tools to make my story worth reading.

– Norma Barrón Noé

I got more than I expected from this course! Great working structure and exercise prompts enabled me to vastly improve my storytelling skills.

– Weston Blundell

If anyone out there wants to learn how to tell a story, this class is for you. I would say that the class was a stunning success for me... and because I did it, I gained even more skills that will serve me well when I go back to working on my book.

– Katy Dalgleish

The course far exceeded my expectations. I'm a better storyteller. But here is the greater and unexpected value. It changed me. I learned to understand my feelings with clarity that I didn't already possess.

– Gary Peterson

From none to a ton! I've been meaning to write for decades, but always thought I had nothing to say. Repeatedly postponing starting a blog. Until this workshop. A game changer. Not only it taught me how to craft stories, but also where to find them. The workshop gives a framework you can use. Or confidently break it, knowing why and how. I feel much more capable when it comes to talking about my business or anything else. Invest in yourself and give this a try. You'll get skills for life.

– Michel Antoine Castonguay

All my life, I have been afraid of not being perfect. The format of the workshop encouraged everyone to participate, but it had to be given in a positive and loving way, I felt OK being vulnerable. This not only helped open the creative juices, so much fear dissolved as a result of this course.

– Susan Gibson

Before I started the Story Skills course I was worried I would be anonymous in a sea of great writers. But now, I know that wherever we are in the world we can generate meaningful stories.

– Karen Funke

I learned that before this course my stories were really just anecdotes. Now I have a better understanding of the value of the structure of a story and how it is used to engage your audience and communicate your message more effectively.

– Allison Slute

Stories are the currency of humanity, and learning how to tell better stories is life-changing both for the storyteller and the audience. The Story Skills Course gave me tools and helped me improve my storytelling.

– Steve Hultquist

This course is one that builds a community. That’s been my biggest benefit.

– Viola Dwyer

I have already recommended this course to others. It's an amazing place to discover your stories, and learn how to deliver them well.

–Michael Averill

This is a transformational course and exercise. This will dramatically improve you confidence in your skills and will improve every part of your life (family, personal, professional). If I had doubt before in my abilities to tell stories and I now can attest this is working fantastically. I can only recommend

– Olivier Houart

This course showed me how to turn seemingly ordinary events of everyday life into powerful stories that can inspire and motivate action. Through the lessons, and the feedback and practice with other students, I learned a process that can help me craft my own stories, and help others tell their stories as well.

– Brent Manke

Communication = stories = communication. This course will anchor for its students how 'memorable communication' occurs within stories - an art form that as a culture we have de-emphasized. Get it back. Take this course. Tell your stories. Make a difference!

– Tim Manning

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